Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the ow … that there is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be …

Improved governance and lower start-up costs may not be sufficient for encouraging the type of entrepreneurship that … matters for economic growth. Using panel data on 60 countries spanning the period 2003-07 this paper establishes that (i …) opportunitymotivated entrepreneurship (as opposed to necessity-motivated entrepreneurship) drives economic growth; (ii) governance and the …

This paper contrasts the determinants of entrepreneurial entry and high-growth aspiration entrepreneurship. Using the … Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) surveys for 42 countries over the period 1998-2005, we analyse how institutional … entrepreneurship, but has less pronounced effects for entrepreneurial entry. The availability of finance and the fiscal burden matter …

working age population survey data taken from the Global Enterprise Monitor. A methodological contribution is the use of … sector. However, these results are sensitive to the level of development. -- Entrepreneurship ; property rights ; access to …

. We use data from the Global Enterprise Monitor survey (GEM) which covers at least 2,000 individuals annually in each of … up to 44 countries, merged with country-level data, from the WB WDI and Heritage Foundation. We start with a spectrum of … both high aspiration and low aspiration entrepreneurship. We also find that women benefit more from the larger informal …

Building on a Lewis-type model of structural change and entrepreneurship we show how a global economic crisis …-up activities. -- entrepreneurship ; global economic crisis ; structural change …

-- entrepreneurship ; property rights ; access to finance …

Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the flow of … is a strong possibility that the unintended damage to entrepreneurship, innovation and growth could be persistent. This …